''Rambling 'Round Radio Row'' (1932–1934) is a series of
short subject
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film or ...
s, produced by
Jerry Wald, and released by the
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National Pictures, First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc sys ...
division of
Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...
. The final film in the series, released 1934, was #3 of the second season, and starred
Morton Downey
John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s ...
,
Baby Rose Marie, The Harmoniacs, and
Harriet Lee.
Plot
Cast
(The numbers indicate the Vitaphone catalog number on the film each appeared in. See next section below.)
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Roy Atwell
John Leroy Atwell (May 2, 1878 – February 6, 1962) was an American actor. He was known for playing characters that mis-deliver their lines or stammer, most notably Doc from Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
Early life
Atwell, ...
(#1664)
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Harry Barris
Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer and songwriter. He was one of the earliest singers to use " scat singing" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby an ...
(#1447)
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Smith Ballew (#1453)
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Bon Bon (#1473)
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Betty Boon (#1662)
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Boswell Sisters
The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee", December 3, 1907 – October 11 ...
(#1408)
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Eddie Bruce (#1632)
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Nat Brusiloff (#1408)
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Don Carney (#1473)
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Harry Lew Conrad (#1473)
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Jack Denny
Jack Denny (September 25, 1895 – September 15, 1950) was an American dance band leader during the pre-World War II years. He was born in the United States and started his musical career in Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebe ...
(#1453)
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Patsy Flick (#1662)
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Jay C. Flippen
John Constantine Flippen Jr. (J.C. or Jay C.) (March 6, 1899 – February 3, 1971) was an American character actor who often played crusty sergeants, police officers or weary criminals in many 1940s and 1950s pictures, particularly in film noir ...
(#1452)
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Edna Froos (#1447)
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Sylvia Froos (#1408 & 1447)
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The Funnyboners (#1453)
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John "Slim" Furness (#1473)
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Tess Gardella (#1452)
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Sid Gary (#1408)
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Tito Guizar (#1474 & 1632)
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William Hall (#1452)
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The Happiness Boys (#1453)
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The Harmoniacs (#1664)
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Frank Hazzard (#1474)
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Fletcher Henderson
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musical ...
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Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in The Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while i ...
(#1662)
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Shirley Howard (#1632)
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Ted Husing (#1447)
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Art Jarrett
Arthur L. Jarrett Jr. (July 20, 1907 – July 23, 1987) was an American singer, bandleader and actor during the 1930s and 1940s. He was the son of stage actor and playwright Arthur L. Jarrett Sr. (1884–1960).
Early career
Near the end of th ...
(#1447)
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George Jessel (#1662)
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Bennie Krueger (#1447)
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Burton Lane
Burton Lane ( Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include '' Finian's Rainbow'' in 1947 and '' On a Clear Day Yo ...
(#1447)
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Frances Langford
Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades.
She was known as the "GI Nightinga ...
(#1453)
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Howard Lanin Orchestra (#1452)
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Harriet Lee (singer) (#1473 & 1664)
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Ann Leaf (#1474)
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Welcome Lewis (#1452)
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Carmen Lombardo (#1452)
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Guy Lombardo
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racing, hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decade ...
(#1452)
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Lebert Lombardo (#1452)
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Victor Lombardo (#1452)
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Abe Lyman
Abe Lyman (born Abraham Simon; August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including '' Your Hit Parade''.
Biography
Bo ...
(#1408)
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Johnny Marvin
John Senator Marvin (July 11, 1897 – December 10, 1944) was an early American recording artist and musician, starting in 1924 and covering a twenty-year period for many record labels.
Early years
Born in Butler, Oklahoma, Butler, Oklahom ...
(#1452)
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Men About Town (#1632)
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Jack Miller, Jr. (#1408)
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Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard
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The Nitwits (vaudeville group)
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Frank Novak, Jr. (#1664)
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Ted Pearson (actor) (#1474)
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Bob Pease
Robert Allen Pease (August 22, 1940 – June 18, 2011) was an electronics engineer known for analog integrated circuit (IC) design, and as the author of technical books and articles about electronic design. He designed several very successf ...
(#1473)
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The Pickens Sisters (#1474)
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Bonnie Poe
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Ramon & Rosita (#1662)
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Reis & Dunn (#1453)
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Alan Reed
Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on ''The Flintstones'' and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, includin ...
(#1632)
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Jaques Renard (#1453)
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Freddie Rich (#1453)
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Buddy Rogers (#1473)
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Rose Marie (#1452 & 1664)
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Harry Rose (#1473)
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Teddy Seco (#1662)
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Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American contralto. Referred to as The First Lady of Radio, Smith became well known for her renditions of "God Bless America" and "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain". She began ...
(#1408)
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Stoopnagle and Budd
Stoopnagle and Budd were a popular radio comedy team of the 1930s, who are sometimes cited as forerunners of the Bob and Ray style of radio comedy. Along with Raymond Knight (radio), Raymond Knight (''The Cuckoo Hour''), they were radio's first s ...
(#1408)
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The Three Keys (#1473)
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Arthur Tracy
Arthur Tracy (born Abba Avrom Tracovutsky; June 25, 1899 – October 5, 1997) was an American vocalist and actor, billed as The Street Singer. His performances in theatre, films and radio, along with his recordings, brought him international f ...
(#1453)
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Vera Van (#1662)
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Jane Vance (#1452)
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Jerry Wald (#1408, 1447, 1453, 1473 & 1474)
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Loyce Whiteman (#1447)
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Paul Whiteman & his Rhythm Boys (#1474)
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Rudy Wiedoeft (#1447)
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Lee Wiley (#1452)
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Lois Wilson
List of shorts
(listed by Vitaphone numbers since actual title numbers varied)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1408 / #1, June 25, 1932 (FILM DAILY review)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1447 / #2, October 22, 1932
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1452 / #4 (also listed as 3), March 24, 1933 (filmed July 1932)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1453 / #5 (also listed as 4), June 7, 1933 (filmed September 1932)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1473 / #6 (also listed as 5), April 29, 1933 (MOTION PICTURE HERALD review, filmed July 1932)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1474 / #7 (also listed as 6), June 1933
[''Motion Picture Herald'' (May 13, 1933, page 73), lists first 6 films completed] (filmed September 1932)
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1632 / #3 (also listed as 2-1), October 1933
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1662 / #1 (also listed as season #3), June 16, 1934
*Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Vitaphone #1664 / #8 (also listed as 2-2), May 19, 1934
Notes
The series is available on
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
in the Warner Brothers 6-DVD set ''Big Band, Jazz & Swing Short Subject Collection''.
See also
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Pepper Pots (Often this series was listed by this umbrella title in trade magazines.)
Notes
{{reflist
References
* Liebman, Roy ''Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts'' 2003 McFarland & Company
* ''Motion Pictures 1912-1939 Catalog of Copyright Entries'' 1951 Library of Congress
External links
Ramblin' Round Radio Row at IMDb
Film series introduced in 1932
Short film series
1930s short films
Vitaphone short films
American black-and-white films
The Three Stooges films
Warner Bros. short films
American comedy films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language short films